Geesaley
Geesaley
Gesalay جآسالآي | |
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Town | |
  Geesaley Location in Somalia. | |
| Coordinates: 11°44′50″N 50°30′12″E / 11.74722°N 50.50333°E | |
| Country |  Somalia
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| Region | Bari |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (EAT) |
Geesaley (Somali: Gesalay, Arabic: جآسالآي), also known as Gesulli, is a coastal town in the northeastern Bari province of Somalia. It is situated in the autonomous Puntland region. Home to the largest date farm in the Horn of Africa.
Location
[edit]Geesaley is located at 11°44′49.76″N 50°30′12.47″E / 11.7471556°N 50.5034639°E, facing the Gulf of Aden. It lies 4 nautical miles (4.6 miles) northeast of Murcanyo and 2.6 nautical miles (3 miles) southwest of Habo.
Geography
[edit]The town is situated on a low plain towering with thousands of date palms surrounded by the Jebel Murcanyo mountain range and an elongated bay that lies in the Gulf of Aden. ' meaning mountain in Arabic), the mountain range stretches across the Bari region to the Indian Ocean coastline at Bargal. It consists of cream-coloured limestone, as well as sandstone, shale and quartz.[1]
Administration
[edit]On April 8, 2013, the Puntland government announced the creation of a new region coextensive with Geesaley and Cape Guardafui, named Gardafuul. Carved out of the Bari region, it consists of three districts and has its capital at Alula.
Education
[edit]According to the Puntland Ministry of Education, there is 1 primary school in Geesaley.[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ S. B. Miles, On the Neighbourhood of Bunder Marayah, Vol. 42, (Blackwell Publishing on behalf of The Royal Geographical Society (with the institute of British Geographers): 1872), p.61-63.
- ^ "Puntland - Primary schools". Ministry of Education Puntland. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
